MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The NIOSH Mobile Black Lung Screening program, stalled earlier this year by DOGE cuts, is back on the ...

Another miner has been added as a plaintiff in a class action suit pending against the federal Department of Health and Human ...

Following the death of a mine worker in East Tennessee, 6 News is taking a closer look at the dangers of the job.

A second plaintiff has joined a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s cuts to a program that screens coal miners for black lung.

Rare earth elements are a family of 17 metallic elements with unusual properties that make them useful for specific ...

The following story is part two of a two-part series examining the devastating impact of black lung disease on the lives of southern West Virginia coal miners and the complications they face when ...

In Connecticut, construction workers in the Local 478 union who complete addiction treatment are connected with a recovery ...

The following story is part one of a two-part series examining the devastating impact of black lung disease on the lives of southern West Virginia coal miners and the complications they face when ...

Photo by Tara Wyatt. Danny Johnson of the Kegley area lives with the legacy of black lung disease after a 36-year coal mining career.

Miners with black lung disease are very sick, for very long, before they get approved as having a disability, and able to receive benefits.

The funding supports the organization's Black Lung Clinic Program. Miners diagnosed with the disease are entitled to certain federal monetary and medical benefits under the Black Lung Benefits ...